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1700957

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the companies that are licensed to supply tasers to police forces in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	21505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office approves less lethal weapons for police use following extensive technical and medical assessments. Decisions about the selection and purchase of approved less lethal weapons are primarily for chief officers.</p><p> </p><p>The only company currently approved to supply Conductive Energy Devices (CEDs) to UK police forces is Axon Enterprise.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2024 09:14:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1679350

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has plans to use Taser X3 units in police forces.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	7807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office approves less lethal weapons for police use following extensive technical and medical assessments. Decisions about the selection and purchase of approved less lethal weapons are primarily for chief officers.</p><p>There are no plans to introduce the X3 to police forces in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/01/2024 15:41:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1658687

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of designating tasers as mandatory personal safety equipment for police officers.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	198060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The government is committed to giving the police the necessary tools to do their job. TASER® provides officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially violent situations.</p><p>There are no plans to give all police officers access to Tasers. Only specially trained officers may carry a TASER®.</p><p>The number of TASER® trained officers within a force is an operational matter and is determined by chief officers in line with their respective force’s Strategic Threat and Risk Assessments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/09/2023 09:46:01 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1545012

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records local police forces keep of the use of tasers by police officers; what assessment she has made of the (a) incidence of (i) temporary and (ii) permanent injury among and (b) other effects on those tasered; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	94695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on all police use of force, including Taser use. Police are required to refer all serious incidents, including serious injuries, to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.</p><p>Taser has been approved for use by police use, following stringent scientific, safety and medical tests which indicated that it is safe and effective for use in UK policing.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/12/2022 16:07:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1544564

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the use of police tasers on children.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	93640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is clear that all police use of force must be reasonable, proportionate and necessary in all circumstances.</p><p>All police officers are comprehensively trained in assessing the potential vulnerabilities of a person, including their age and size when they take the difficult decision to use force which is necessary to achieve a lawful objective.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/11/2022 15:40:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1503523

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allocation has been awarded to the West Midlands for the purposes of equipping police officers with tasers.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	45220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to giving police the tools and equipment they need to keep themselves and the public safe from harm. That is why in 2020 the Home Secretary provided £6.7 million to equip up to 8,000 more officers with Taser. West Midlands requested and received £206,250.</p><p>Decisions around the purchase and supply of Taser is an operational issue and one that is made by Chief Officers in line with forces’ strategic threat and risk assessments.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:32:48 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1416962

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering all police officers training on the use of tasers.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	112675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to giving the police the necessary tools to do their job. TASER® provides officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially violent situations.</p><p>The Home Office supports the use of TASER® by specially trained officers in line with national policing guidance. The number of TASER® trained officers within a force is an operational matter and is determined by chief officers in line with their respective force’s Strategic Threat and Risk Assessments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/02/2022 14:30:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1260417

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of police use of tasers on (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and (b) other children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	128289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that all use of force must be reasonable, proportionate and necessary and that no one should be subject to use of force based on their race or ethnicity.</p><p>All Officers receive comprehensive training in assessing the potential vulnerabilities of a person, including their size age and size.</p><p>When police officers take the difficult decision to use force, they are accountable through the law for their actions.</p><p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the use of force to allow for scrutiny of police use of force including taser and other less lethal weapons.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/12/2020 16:08:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1179961

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the (1) numbers, and (2) use, of Tasers by police officers in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has already announced up to £10 million of additional funding for forces to increase the number of officers carrying TASER<sup>®</sup>. This will help forces to better protect themselves and the public from harm.</p><p>The use of TASER<sup>®</sup> remains an operational matter. Chief Officers decide the number of TASER<sup>®</sup> and the number of TASER<sup>®</sup> officers deployed based on their assessments of the threats and risks in their areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/03/2020 16:24:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

1176367

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the findings of the inquest into the death of Marc Cole, what assessment her Department has made of the safety of the use of tasers by the Police.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring police have the resources, tools and powers they need to keep themselves and the public safe.</p><p> </p><p>Tasers provide officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially physically violent situations. However, the Government is clear that all use of force must be lawful, proportionate and necessary in all circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Only less lethal weaponry which has been authorised by the Home Secretary may be used by police forces in England and Wales. There is an established process for the approval of less lethal weapons which takes into account relevant strategic, ethical, operational and societal issues, as well as an independent medical evaluation by the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons (SACMILL).</p><p>Our sympathy is with Marc Cole’s family who have lost a loved one.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:46:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh